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                                   9425
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 26, 2022
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 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer  and
   convey certain unappropriated state land to the Sing Sing Prison Muse-
   um, county of Westchester
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act  but  notwithstanding
 any  other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of general
 services is hereby authorized, subject to the consent of the commission-
 er of corrections and community supervision, to lease  a  99-year  lease
 and  convey to the Sing Sing Prison Museum in the county of Westchester,
 the state land described in section  two  of  this  act,  owned  by  the
 department  of corrections and community supervision and being a part of
 lot 97.10-1-4, in the village of Ossining in the county of  Westchester,
 declared to be abandoned state land by the department of corrections and
 community  supervision.  The  department  of  corrections  and community
 supervision shall grant an easement to such museum for access  from  the
 Powerhouse  to  the  1825  Cellblock. The transfer and conveyance of the
 land described in section two of this act shall be made in consideration
 of the sum of one dollar and upon such conditions as the commissioner of
 general services may deem proper. If the transfer and conveyance of such
 land shall not have taken effect within two years of the effective  date
 of  this  act,  then  such  authority  to  transfer  and convey shall be
 revoked.  The department of corrections and community supervision  shall
 enter  into  a management agreement with such museum that would include,
 but not be limited to, requirements for operating such museum, the ongo-
 ing needs of the Sing Sing Correctional Facility with regard  to  safety
 and  security,  and  a  description  of  the property boundaries for the
 leased property and easement.
   § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
 and conveyed are as follows:
 ALL That certain Plot Piece or Parcel of Land situated and lying in  the
 Town  of Ossining, Village of Ossining, County of Westchester, and State
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 of New York  and  being  more  particularly  bounded  and  described  as
 follows:
 Beginning at a point on the division line between land of the Village of
 Ossining  on  the North and the State of New York on the South Where the
 same is intersected by westerly side of land  now  or  formerly  Midtown
 Trackage  Ventures  formerly the New York City and Hudson River Railroad
 (N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R.) said point being the Northeasterly  corner  of  land
 now  or  formerly  State of New York as shown on map entitled "County of
 Westchester Department of Environmental Facilities"  and  filed  in  the
 Westchester  County  Clerk's  office Division of Land Records as Map No.
 19196.
 Thence running along land now  or  formerly  Midtown  Trackage  Ventures
 formerly  the  New  York  City  and  Hudson  River  Railroad  (N.Y.C.  &
 H.R.R.R.)South 4°39'15" East 320.11 feet to a point;
 Thence running though Land of the State of New York  the  following  two
 (2)  courses  and distances South 88°00'00" West 217.08 feet to a point;
 North 1°55'49" West 323.26 feet to the land of the Village of Ossining;
 Thence along said land South 82° 34' 28" East 204.54 feet to  the  point
 and place of beginning.
 Containing 1.6150 Acres = 70,348 Sq. Ft.
   §  3. The description in section two of this act is not intended to be
 a legal description, but is intended to identify the parcel conveyed. As
 a condition of the transfer, the department of corrections and community
 supervision may submit to the commissioner of general services, for  his
 or  her  approval, an accurate survey and description of the lands to be
 conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
   § 4.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the authorization to  convey  the
 above  described portion of the Sing Sing Correctional Facility shall be
 subject to the condition precedent that such conveyance shall not impair
 or result in any diminution of the obligations to holders of  any  bonds
 which  financed,  refinanced,  or are secured by correctional facilities
 (or payments in respect thereof), including the Sing  Sing  Correctional
 Facility,  and  shall  not adversely affect any exemption of interest on
 such bonds from federal income tax.
   § 5. The office of general services shall not transfer or  convey  the
 aforesaid  land  unless the application is made to the office of general
 services by the department  of  corrections  and  community  supervision
 within  one  year after the effective date of this act. The lease agree-
 ment between the office  of  general  services  and  the  department  of
 corrections  and community supervision shall contain a waiver of article
 2 of the public lands law requiring the office of  general  services  be
 involved  in  state  construction  projects. The Sing Sing Prison Museum
 shall adhere to all state regulations pertaining  to  prevailing  wages,
 the Americans with Disabilities Act, and article 15 of the executive law
 relating to minority- and women-owned businesses.
   §  6.  The  transfer and conveyance made pursuant to this act shall be
 subject to the following use restrictions and reverter:
   (a) The land described in this act shall be used exclusively  for  the
 purposes of operating and maintaining a museum.
   (b)  The  conveyance of the land described in this act shall contain a
 covenant and restriction requiring that the land be used for the purpose
 set forth in subdivision (a) of this section. In the event the  premises
 are  not  accepted  and/or used for such purposes, ownership of the land
 shall revert to the state of New York.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.